This is the third religious identity given to Lord Hanuman — after Hindu and Jain — ever since Adityanath did the honour.

THE HINDU IDENTITY

Adityanath had, during a poll rally in Malakheda of Alwar district last month, said, “Hanuman was a forest dweller, deprived and a Dalit. Bajrang Bali worked to connect all Indian communities together, from north to south and east to west.”

BJP MP Savitribai Phule on December 4 said Lord Hanuman was a slave to manuvadi people. Manuvad comes from the term Manuvada, which denotes the culture of a society governed by Manusmritia code of conduct for human society.

By claiming that Hanuman as a slave to manuvadi people, Phule took a step ahead of Adityanath and referred to him as a tribal.

Rajasthan Sarv Brahmin Mahasabha president Suresh Mishra then sent a notice to Adityanath, accusing him of dragging Lord Hanuman’s caste for political gain for the BJP in the then poll-bound state.

The Congress party even launched a salvo at the BJP through a poster.

The poster was divided into three parts, out of which the second part showed Lord Hanuman coming out of the BJP office, which issues caste certificates, with — wait for it — a Dalit certificate.

HANUMAN WAS A JAIN TOO

Following this, a Jain priest in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, claimed Lord Hanuman was a Jain.

Aacharya Nirbhay Sagar Maharaj, who heads a Jain temple in Samasgad, nearly 25 km from Bhopal, said according to Jain scriptures, Lord Hanuman was a Jain. He was part of the 169 great persons identified in Jainism.

And with Nawab’s recent statement, it looks like this indigenous battle of dividing Gods and Goddesses on the basis of religions is not going to end any time soon. It will only be furthered.

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